alexr
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Post by alexr on Aug 4, 2019 17:03:13 GMT
The eagle eyed among you will have seen my request in one of the 'pinned' threads to this area for suggestions for themes. There have been some great suggestions made (keep 'em coming as you think of them please), but the first that got me nodding in agreement in a 'that should lead to some interesting images' kinda way was from tonyw who suggested 'Trees'. Trees can look spectacular in mono, whether grand ancient giants or small whippy striplings. Or you can focus in on particular aspects such as leaves or bark, which can also be seen to great effect in monochrome. So please be creative with the theme and share your results, experience and processing so we can all learn and be further inspired. Enjoy. |
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Post by Peterj on Aug 4, 2019 21:27:15 GMT
This Civil War fence replica at Manassas Battlefield Park seemed like a perfect candidate for B&W.
On 1 used for all processing: Adjusted tone and color, applied dynamic contrast just to the fence and tree, darkened the sky, applied B&W using a selenium preset. Slightly blurred extreme foreground.
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Post by Peterj on Aug 4, 2019 22:43:41 GMT
Actually not a tree, but it's size might be accepted.
All PP in On One - adjusted tone and color added dynamic contrast then applied B&W filter (selenium 2 preset)  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 5, 2019 15:40:20 GMT
Lone spruce tree, near Pincher Creek, Alberta. July 29, 2019  |
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Post by tonyw on Aug 5, 2019 16:06:21 GMT
Thanks for the theme! Shot this morning while walking the dog - the dog is waiting at the next bend for me to catch up. Decided to try black and white straight out of the camera - so here's the JPG shot using the Fuji Acros film simulation. I do have a RAW file as well and was planning to compare an "external" conversion with this "in-camera" conversion but I thought the camera did a pretty good job without me interfering!  Tony |
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Post by Peterj on Aug 5, 2019 18:46:04 GMT
A lonely Torrey Pine in the fog ... On1 B&W
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Post by hmca on Aug 5, 2019 19:02:51 GMT
Love your Torrey Pine image, Peter! Wish it was mine!
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billz
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Post by billz on Aug 5, 2019 20:47:15 GMT
Good timing for this theme as I went looking for some shade this morning. I tried a B&W in-camera as well. It turned out ok, but I missed being able to lighten/darken the specific color ranges.  And as long as I was in the shade, I took a second one in color. B&W conversion in ACR.  Thanks Alex and Tony for the theme! |
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Post by PeteB on Aug 7, 2019 3:33:48 GMT
Silver Efex Pro. Fine Art preset with a red filter. This photo was taken in February 2011. Today the tree has become a controversy in our community. Over the years this spot along a creek with the tree and its rope-swing became a very popular swimming hole. (Sixty years ago I was one who used that rope-swing) The tree was at least 100 years old and my photo does not do justice to its size. The controversy came about because the township parks department got tired of cleaning up the area and they decided to cut the tree down. What they didn’t realize was that swimming hole with its rope-swing tree was a landmark to many generations of local swimmers. Now Facebook exploded with comments/criticism and the two local newspapers are covering the story. So here is my tree photo 2812blog.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/swimming-hole.jpg |
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Post by tonyw on Aug 7, 2019 19:50:25 GMT
An ancient two-legged oak taken this morning - processed from RAW mainly using a black and white adjustment layer and tweaking the colour ranges as Billz suggested above.  Tony |
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Post by hmca on Aug 7, 2019 23:57:08 GMT
GREAT perspective, Tony!
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Post by hmca on Aug 14, 2019 3:13:51 GMT
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Post by tonyw on Aug 16, 2019 22:36:35 GMT
As mentioned in another thread I've been playing around with Profiles and LUTS in Lightroom/Camera Raw and Photoshop - and getting a bit closer to understanding how they work. I did acquire some sets from Matt Kloskowski which came with some helpful videos that explained how to install and use in the different programs. So here are some results of my playing around - the starter image was a jpeg shot earlier this year of a tree and lots of tree houses. First one is done in Lightroom using one Matt's profiles (with the name Channel Mix 8). In Lightroom it's very easy to browse through many and pick the one you like - something that I don't believe is possible with the equivalent LUT's in Photoshop. What Photoshop does let you do though is stack them in layers and so the second image is a B&W with a bit of colour done by stacking the same B&W LUT with a Fall LUT that I had liked the look of in Lightroom and adjusting the layer opacity to just give a hint of colour.   Tony |
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Post by hmca on Aug 19, 2019 11:13:03 GMT
Very interesting image. I like the way the toning in the second one seems to add depth to the picture.
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Post by whippet on Aug 21, 2019 18:43:28 GMT
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